APPENDIX III. 307 



311. — Stapleton. On dry stony country, White stem and branches. 

 Trunk 4 inches diameter at ground. 



362.— Burrundie (Dr. H. I. Jensen, 4th November, 1915). " Water 

 Gum " (i.e., growing in moist places). 



" Growing in moist places on alluvial soil with Melaleuca and Pandanus. 

 Tall, graceful, slender tree. Bark white and smooth, slightly frayed or peeling 

 at base of trunk." 



386.— McKinlay River Flats (Dr. H. I. Jensen, April, 1916). 



406. — Locally called " Moreton Bay Ash." Woohigi (Dr. H. I. Jensen). 



408.— Cullen River (Dr. H. I. Jensen). 



See also a note liv R. H. f'ambage in Proc. Boy. Soc, N.S.W. xlix., 406 

 (1915). 



(11). E. Spencer i ana, n. sp. 



Arbor 50' attinens, trunco 2-3' diametro. Cortex rugosa, in lamellis 

 secedens, non crassa. Lignum rubrobrunneum. FoUa immatura tenuiuscula, 

 paUida, late lanceolata, apioibus obtusa, 14 cm. longa. Venae secondariae 

 tenues, numerosae, fere parallelae, angulum 60° cum costa media formantes. 

 FoUa matura immaturibus similia sed minora. RamuU graciles, subteretes. 

 Flores umbelUs gracihbus tenuibusque, paniculati. Umbellae ad 7 flores, 

 peduncuhs pedicellisque longis filo simUibus. Alabastra parva, clavata, 

 opercula acuminata. Antherae poris dehiscentes (Porantherae). Fructus 

 margine tenue et chartacea, ovoidei, circiter 6 mm. longi, valvarum apicibus 

 distincte sub orificio depressis. 



A tree of moderate height, attaining at least 50 feet, and a trunk-diameter 

 of 2 to 3 feet. . Bark more or less rugged and flaky, particularly near the butt, 

 such flakes being lenticular, thin, and dry, and externally whitish to grey and 

 even black. This rough bark extends to a variable extent over the trunk and 

 larger branches. Bark not thick. Timber dark reddish-brown, interlocked, 

 ^^•ith a relatively thin, pale sap-wood. 



Juvenile leaves. — Pale-coloured, equally green on both sides, broadly 

 lanceolate, rather blunt at the apex, say 14 cm. long, with 6 cm. in greatest 

 M'idth, not thick, gradually tapering into a petiole of 2-2.5 cm. Midrib promi- 

 nent, the secondary veins very fine and numerous, roughly parallel and meeting 

 the midrib at an angle of 60° Intramarginal vein not far removed from the 

 edge. 



Mature leaves. — Thin, graceful foliage very similar to the juvenile leaves, 

 but smaller, and the intramarginal vein closer to the edge. Branchlets thin 

 and almost terete. 



Flowers. — ^In graceful, slender umbels, arranged in a paniculate manner, 

 and not exceeding the leaves. Umbels with up to 7 flowers, peduncles and 

 pedicels long, terete, and almost thread-like. Buds smaU (about 5 mm. long), 

 clavate, the calyx-tube gradually tapering into the slender pedicel. The 

 operculum shorter than the calyx -tube and tapering to a fine point. Anthers 

 with glands at top, filaments at base, and opening in pores (Porantherae). 



Fruits. — Rim thin, frail, the whole fruit of papery texture and readily 

 crushed by the fingers, ovoid, about 6 mm. long, the tips of the valves distinctly 

 sunk below the orifice. 



Type. Burrundie, Northern Territory, 5th November, 1915 (Dr. H. I. 

 Jensen). 



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